{"id":24038,"date":"2025-02-24T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24038"},"modified":"2025-02-24T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:47:50","slug":"the-twofold-challenge-of-an-older-population-and-how-systems-are-adapting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24038","title":{"rendered":"The twofold challenge of an older population \u2014 and how systems are adapting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Kelly Gooch and Kristin Kuchno for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In less than a decade, older Americans are projected to outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history, sparking conversations about the need for age-friendly healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, declining birth rates and longer life expectancies \u2014 half of babies born in 2020 are expected to live past 100 years \u2014 pose potential workforce challenges.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/workforce\/the-twofold-challenge-of-an-older-population-and-how-systems-are-adapting.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/workforce\/the-twofold-challenge-of-an-older-population-and-how-systems-are-adapting.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" class=\"wp-image-8007\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465.jpg 700w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/iStock_000023372772Small-700x465-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Kelly Gooch and Kristin Kuchno for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) In less than a decade, older Americans are projected to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,12],"tags":[92,723,94],"class_list":["post-24038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-general","tag-aging","tag-healthcare-access","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24039,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24038\/revisions\/24039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}